by John Steinbeck · Editorial Galaxia, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788471547491
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«A perla» is the classic novel by John Steinbeck, published by Editorial Galaxia in paperback (104 pages, in Galician).
Based on a Mexican legend, it tells how Kino, a poor diver, finds a pearl the size of a gull's egg and perfect as the moon. Possession of that pearl awakens hope for a better life, but also greed and violence that threaten his wife Juana and his son Coyotito.
It belongs to the Árbore collection (number 25). Galician translation by Benigno Fernández Salgado. Original work: The Pearl, published in 1947.
Suitable for school reading and for anyone seeking a 20th-century literature classic in Galician.
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. He was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.
